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27 Nov 2014
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| 27 Nov 2014
The spectral element method (SEM) on variable-resolution grids: evaluating grid sensitivity and resolution-aware numerical viscosity
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
M. A. Taylor
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
P. A. Ullrich
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
J. R. Overfelt
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
M. N. Levy
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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